ControlFreak

I think That was me ... Good LuckWell .. you were pretty agressive, and those were the best cards I had seen so far. When the flop came J22 I figured I had the best hand. That's poker

And I'm out .. ggQQ > AJ

Was even nicer since 2 were the 2 players behind you.

I'm in

Well .. Q7, also known as the "Computer Hand," is the median hand head's-up. So if you have better than Q7, the odds are that you have a better hand than your opponent.The real question is .. should you assume the same thing after 8 people have folded? Or do you have to think that more low cards were folded than high cards, and that would push up the odds of the other player having better than Q7. And if so, by how much?CF

Wow .. I think this is the one thread where I actually would have really wanted to hear your opinion Smash. Why not answer what you think is the right move. I'll give a better situation if that helps ...$20 SNG. 10 players still in, blinds are 30/60. The BB has only been involved in a few pots, and hasn't had to show cards yet. He's up to about 1600 from starting at 1500, and you're at 1200 and haven't shown any cards yet.I'm really looking for the math answer here though. Do the 8 people who folded impact what the median hand is? If so, to what degree?CF

Feel free to answer each of those. Say it's in a ring-game .50/1.00. Say it's in a $20 SNG. In all situations, you probably have a table image as medium-tight/agressive.

Ok .. 10 players at the table, you're on the Small Blind. Folds around to you and you have K5 off-suit. Do you Raise/Call/Fold?I had this discussion with a friend, and he said that you needed to fold there. That while heads-up you can look at Q7 as a "median" hand, you can't really think that way after 8 people have folded. After all, they probably all folded low cards.My reply was that plenty of those people could have folded a single high card with a low card (A3, even K5), so even if the Q7 was no longer the median, it wasn't far off, and was maybe Q9 or QT, so with K5 you still should rais

hehe ... good question ...There were 4 limpers in the pot, and I was on the button. Sounds like a good place to see a flop with K9. I'm actually a pretty tight player who only makes decisions pre-flop based on the actual odds given by the pot.CF

It was just a $5 buy-in tourney on UltimateBet .. 11:00 PM last night. I don't have a lot of money over there, so the tournaments I can play are usually $5 or $10.As far as my play in that hand, there was 500 in antes in the pot, my 400, the Small Blind's 200, and that person's 800. So 2900 in the pot, 400 to me .. that's just about 5:1 odds the pot is giving me and I have Ace-rag. If an ace or 6 hits, I figure I can get away easy enough if I think I'm beat. However, that's a dream-flop for me in that position.All that aside, I've had worse beats before, and that's really not why I posted. Wha

The other day I'm in a tournament on UB and go all in with K9 on a 996 flop. Player calls me with 95 and takes me out with a 5 on the river.Ok .. no sweat .. shit happens.Now tonight, Again in a UB tournament. Again the SAME player ...----------------------------------------------------------------Hand #7249953-166 at Fri11pmA-029 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)Powered by UltimateBetStarted at 23/Jul/05 01:22:14 wchisholm is at seat 0 with 10860. TourAce is at seat 1 with 2825. boomtownoiler is at seat 2 with 2185. johncarl81 is at seat 3 with 6000. kimberlyar is at seat 4 w

I take it back .. out in 504th with AQ vs a TT. Had 1600 with 150/300 blinds, so it was a no-brainer.

Still short-stacked, but still in. Keep managing to double up when I'm down to the (virtual) felt.

Whew .. just stole a nice pot on a semi-bluff .. feel better, but still short-stacked.

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